Owned by the
people of Jersey County, Jersey Community Hospital is an invaluable community
resource caring for nearly 50,000 area residents each year. Financial
support is vital to their mission, so employees from the Jerseyville Monsanto
site have chosen the organization to receive a $6,000 grant from the Monsanto
Fund, as part of their 2014 site grant initiative. The grant will be used
towards the purchase of a new emergency response vehicle for Jersey Community
Hospital.

“Our emergency
service department has a limited number of ambulances to serve a wide area,”
said Lynn Poglajen, director. “This smaller community response vehicle will be
utilized at the many sporting events, fairs, 5K runs, and community gatherings
that require an emergency vehicle on hand. Having the community response
vehicle at these events frees an ambulance for 911 calls, improving the
response time for all the community’s emergency needs.”

Poglajen
continued, “With this special vehicle, Jersey Community Hospital will also be
able to extend rescue service to rural, rugged, or more remote locations in
order to lend emergency assistance to hunters, farmers, or off-road adventurers
with greater ease.”

“It is a great
honor to present this check to the Jersey Community Hospital to help continue
their efforts to support our community,” said Zach Martin, site manager.

This year, the
Monsanto Fund awarded $1.5 million to nonprofit organizations through the site
grant initiative.